# Amputations at American Aluminum Extrusion Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010347` · 1/11/2017 · BELOIT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Aluminum Extrusion Company, LLC
- **Location:** 1 St. Lawrence Avenue, BELOIT, WISCONSIN, 53511
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving warped metal from one conveyor to another when a faulty control switch caused a retractable conveyor to extend and pinch the employee's finger. The fingertip was medically amputated.

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